TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY v. CAMPBELL

No. A-7608.

336 S.W.2d 742 (1960)

TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Seth CAMPBELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lee, Kermit, Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Fort Worth, Jack C. Wessler, Dallas, with firm, for petitioner.

George Finley & J. Albert Dickie, Kermit, for respondent.


CULVER, Justice.

Texas Electric Service Company, petitioner, an electric utility company, instituted condemnation proceedings to obtain an easement of a 50-foot right-of-way across respondent's land for the purpose of constructing high-voltage electric transmission lines to serve territories and communities of West Texas. The respondent's land consisted of approximately 21½ sections (13,760 acres) of land in Winkler County, divided by two highways, Highway 302...

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